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Although MLK is typically taught today as a Great Orator, his gifts as an organizer, social critic, and leader were probably more important to the long-term tra
by throwawaygh 5y ago
Although MLK is typically taught today as a Great Orator, his gifts as an organizer, social critic, and leader were probably more important to the long-term trajectory of the civil rights movement. Which is saying something, since he was an exceptionally effective orator.
If you're curious, the first portion of his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" is essentially a case study in organizing and guiding a disparate social movement.
- wolverine876 5y agoYes, one of the most revelatory pieces I've ever read. (When I wrote that King had 'no power but a voice', I didn't mean 'no power but oration'; I meant that all King could do was speak to people - individually, in organzing meetings, publicly, etc. - and try to persuade them.)